CELTIC

The Celtic Football Club is a professional football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, that plays in the Scottish Premiership. The club was founded in 1887. They played their first match in May 1888, a friendly match against Rangers which Celtic won 5–2. Celtic established itself within Scottish football, winning six successive league titles during the first decade of the 20th century. The club enjoyed their greatest successes during the 1960s and 70s under Jock Stein when they won nine consecutive league titles and the European Cup. Celtic have won over 100 major trophies and in 1967 became the first British team and the only Scottish team to with the European Cup beating Inter Milan 2-1. Notable players to have done the green and white hoops include Billy McNeill, Bobby Lennox, Danny McGrain, Kenny Dalglish, Henrik Larsson and Scott Brown.